Michael C. Keith
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Dr. Michael C. Keith (born March 17, 1945 in Albany, New York) has served since 1993 as a member of the Boston College communications faculty, and is the author of nearly two-dozen well-received books on media. He is recognized as one of the country's foremost authorities on the fast-changing radio business, and his The Radio Station is a widely-adopted college text. Prior to becoming a full-time academic in the late 1970s, Dr. Keith worked as a broadcast professional for over a decade.
Among his many books about the electronic media are a number co-authored with Robert Hilliard of Emerson College, including studies of sex and indecency on the air (Dirty Discourse), the use of radio by hate groups of the radical right (Waves of Rancor) struggling low-power television stations (The Hidden Screen), the decline of local programming on radio (The Quieted Voice) and a one-volume history of American broadcasting (The Broadcast Century). On his own he has explored many facets of radio broadcasting including Native-American broadcasting (Signals in the Air), the long development and wide-spread use of all-night radio programming (Sounds in the Dark), and the changing role of radio in the face of television competition (Talking Radio). In addition to his long list of non-fiction media books, Keith has written an acclaimed memoir--The Next Better Place.
